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00:00:08of
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00:00:18of The Russian capital comes under
00:00:22heavy Ukrainian drone attack overnight ahead
00:00:25of the third and final day of nationwide elections. Two people are killed
00:00:29and the Moscow region while
00:00:31a residential building and an oil refinery were
00:00:35of hit. That is
00:00:37of my boot, one of tens of millions being cast
00:00:41around the Donbas. Russian citizens go to the polls
00:00:45across the country, even in areas facing daily shelling and threats
00:00:49from Kief, but the people vow they
00:00:51of will
00:00:51of not be intimidated. Generally speaking, it is
00:00:55very difficult to intimidate me. It's just not in my nature.
00:00:58of Firstly, I don't recognize. landscate all and i don't watch him on
00:01:02tv. as for
00:01:03of scammers, they've already left me
00:01:05in alone.
00:01:05in we have lived too long to be intimidated. and in the
00:01:09stories that shaped the week, and industry top executives call for
00:01:13slowdown in the development of
00:01:15of artificial intelligence, despite pouring millions into the
00:01:18technology. that's as cheap Chinese AI models are
00:01:22breathing down
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00:01:34Just after 8 am here in the Russian Capital and you're watching the weekly on RT
00:01:38International. My name is Donald Corder. Thanks for joining us in the
00:01:42of program. Now we start this hour with breaking
00:01:45news. Russia has come under its heaviest drone attack
00:01:49of the conflict so far, involving 1,600
00:01:52UAVs. The capital itself came under huge Ukrainian
00:01:56of drone of swarm overnight. 450
00:02:01of of these. targeted
00:02:01of Moscow. It comes as elections are underway across the country with Russia heading into
00:02:05its third day of voting. But to get more on this story now, we're going to cross
00:02:09live to Archi correspondent Isabella Blumberg. So Isabella,
00:02:13Kiyev has carried out a large-scale attack on
00:02:16of Moscow and the Moscow region overnight. What do we know so
00:02:19far?
00:02:24Thanks St. Well, the election is taking place, as you've mentioned as Ukraine
00:02:28continues its attacks. on Russian territory because
00:02:32of overnight
00:02:32in Moscow and the surrounding region came over serious barriage
00:02:36of drone attacks. now according to the to Moscow's regional governor,
00:02:40air defenses intercepted over
00:02:42240 aerial targets across
00:02:4617 districts in Moscow between 3:00 and 5 am
00:02:50Moscow time, but the numbers are now significantly higher when looking
00:02:54at the wider period here, because Moscow mayor Sid
00:02:57Sabanyan says that since yesterday, than
00:03:001,600 drones were intercepted across the various defense
00:03:04lines
00:03:04of and including around 450 drones
00:03:08approaching to Moscow to Russia's capital uh now in the
00:03:12Moscow region officials say that two people were killed and
00:03:15several others injured. another person was killed in the
00:03:19areahova district after a private house was set on fire
00:03:23after drone debrief fell on it. now in Moscow Sabanyan has
00:03:26also said that several drones reached a refinery
00:03:30here and another drone
00:03:32of also hit a residential building. now this attack has also led
00:03:36to the temporary closure
00:03:37of the four airports here in Moscow, but we will certainly bring you more details as
00:03:41they come in. well Bella, this comes while the third and final day
00:03:45of the state elections has kicked off in Russia. could you bring us more details on
00:03:49that? well, absolutely
00:03:52done, because as you mentioned, it's 8 am here in the Russian capital and
00:03:56across 11 time zones, voters are gearing up, to
00:04:00vote on the third and final day of Russia's parliamentary
00:04:03election and you know the central electoral commission is reporting that voter
00:04:07turnout is reaching almost full has reached almost
00:04:1045% by the end of day two and it's not
00:04:14just overall Russia because we also have to take a look at the voter turn out
00:04:18in Russia's new regions in the special military
00:04:20of operation zone because in the Donietsk uh People's Republic voter
00:04:24turnout has reached over 80%. This is by day
00:04:27two and in the Zaparogia region. voter turnout had reached around
00:04:33a 72% and in the Kson region the voter turnout reached over
00:04:3665, you can just tell how many people are going out there
00:04:40voting, casting their ballot, but it's also quite important to
00:04:44highlight here that this is the
00:04:45of first time that people are voting since the special military operation was
00:04:49launched back in February 2022, and for the
00:04:53first time in
00:04:54of modern Russian history we're seeing people from those uh four
00:04:58regions in the special military... and cast their ballot as
00:05:02Russian citizens. Now, so let
00:05:04me break down how these parliamentary elections actually work. The State
00:05:08Duma is
00:05:09a the lower chamber
00:05:10of the federal assembly. It comprises. 450
00:05:14seats. These elections take place every 5 years.
00:05:17225 of those seats are determined by party listts, that
00:05:21means that voters are able to cast their ballot for a specific political
00:05:24party, and the other, the rest the 225 seats are
00:05:28determined by single mandate districts. That's when voters are able to cast
00:05:32the vote or cast their ballet a specific political candidate
00:05:36in the constituency or their district, but for the for a
00:05:40party to actually reach the dooma. has to meet this
00:05:445% threshold, it has to acquire 5%
00:05:47the public vote, and unlike a traditional you
00:05:51know one-day voting window, Russia has a three-day voting window
00:05:55starting on September 18th and ending today on Sunday,
00:05:58September the 20th. In terms of who's on the race, there are
00:06:02currently 10 political parties on the federal ballot, the first one
00:06:06being United Russia, this is a party that has enjoyed constitutional
00:06:10majority, it was founded in 2001. and its president Putin's
00:06:13party uh, then we have the communist party the Russian Federation,
00:06:17this is considered the oldest party on the federal ballot and is
00:06:21considered major opposition force to United Russia and remains the
00:06:25second largest faction in the duma. Then we have a just Russia and
00:06:29Paul suggests that it will be able to meet that 5% r that
00:06:335% threshhold and of course we have the liberal democratic party
00:06:36of Russia which for the first time is heading to the polls with the new chairman
00:06:40Leonard Slotski after the death of former charismatic leader Vladimir
00:06:44Zurinovski, and of course we have a relatively new party on the
00:06:48scene, this is New People uh party that was founded in
00:06:522020, and it managed to pass that 5% threshhold during
00:06:56those previous parliamentary elections that took place in
00:06:592021. Then we also have five non-parliamentary parties
00:07:03on the ballot, this is the pensionist party, the communists of Russia,
00:07:07Rodina, the Greens and the party of direct democracy, and
00:07:10at the same time it's not just Russia. voting at home because Russian authorities say
00:07:14that over 333 polling stations have been opened
00:07:18in over 150 countries uh
00:07:21worldwide and the new figure suggests that over
00:07:2527,00 people abroad have cast the vote for these
00:07:29parliamentary elections, so to wrap up as we know polls will close
00:07:33at 8 uh 8 p.m. local time across Russia's western
00:07:36regions, we'll be watching and we'll bring you the latest figures as they come in. back
00:07:40to you, all right - correspondent Isabella Blomberg bringing us all the
00:07:44details on the state Duma Elections. Thank
00:07:46you. Now, the crucial choice is
00:07:50also being made in the country's territories which are coming under daily
00:07:54attack, as Isabella Blumberg recently mentioned, but despite the threat
00:07:58posed by Ukraine, people say that they are determined that their
00:08:01voices are heard. RT's Murad Gazdiav reports on how
00:08:05elections are being held under wartime
00:08:07conditions. Across two
00:08:10continents and 11. zones under ceaseless
00:08:14threat of attack, russians vote for their new
00:08:17parliament.
00:08:29in their millions, despite constant threats from
00:08:32Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
00:08:36persecution just for voting, attacks on
00:08:40polling stations, fakes and
00:08:45Yesterday and the day before, leaflets were dropped by drones across
00:08:49most of our region, containing calls to block the electoral
00:08:52process and urging people not to participate in the
00:08:55elections. Every day we are seeing a steady stream of two or
00:08:59three disinformation campaigns coming from the Ukrainian side,
00:09:03along with deep fakes and forged administrative documents.
00:09:07Yet, few are afraid. People are used
00:09:10to drones and missiles. "verbal threats no
00:09:14longer carry the same weight. tell me, have you been
00:09:18intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to
00:09:22these elections? in no way, he can't do
00:09:25anything. of course not. generally speaking, it
00:09:29is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my
00:09:32nature. god forbid. firstly, i don't recognize the
00:09:35landscate all, and i don't watch him on tv. as for scammers,
00:09:39they've already left me alone. we have lived..." long to be
00:09:43intimidated and that
00:09:46is my vote, one of tens of millions being
00:09:50casted around the donbus an environment where
00:09:53people are actively being threatened, where electoral
00:09:57officials are receiving death threats, their families, their
00:10:01children, but with every vote cast in the don
00:10:05bass, the people the Dumbas show
00:10:08that those threats don't scare them,
00:10:12even strongly worded statements and
00:10:15condemnation could stop these elections. At
00:10:19today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring
00:10:23that the organization and conduct of.
00:10:24They're
00:10:45too dangerous,
00:10:48says the former president of Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
00:10:51risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could...
00:10:56Ukraine again,
00:10:57the irony, Ukraine professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy,
00:11:01but says elections are too dangerous. Russia,
00:11:05which kier accuses of aggression and tyrany, holds elections
00:11:09even in war. He's holding elections in
00:11:12September, he needs a united society that will support his united
00:11:16Russia. On the other hand doesn't need
00:11:20his society support, his term expired two years
00:11:24ago. and no one can do anything about
00:11:27it. he already controls all Ukrainian
00:11:31media, all newspapers and online publications,
00:11:34full spectrum propaganda. anyone who
00:11:38criticizes him can be sanctioned, ukrainian or
00:11:41otherwise, else sent a one-way
00:11:45trip to the front lines. so
00:11:48elections, i'm ready to do it tomorrow, but
00:11:51if we have the war, it's you can't do it. what?
00:11:55elections, how to make elections with the 9 million people who are
00:11:58abroad and what to do with the people who are
00:12:01temporary or live in temporary occupied
00:12:05territories. Europe of course, will bend over backwards
00:12:09to accommodate Zelensky. Kya calas, the
00:12:13EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
00:12:17overthink it, simple and cliche is her
00:12:20style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't had
00:12:24elections in. 25 years, Zelensky is
00:12:27elected leader, elected in
00:12:30the free and fair elections, and of course during the war time, you
00:12:33can't have elections, Zelensky's corrupt ministers, his
00:12:37army heads simply don't mind, so long
00:12:41as the EU supports Zelensky, the aid money
00:12:45pours in and it can be divided up and
00:12:49shared around between friends. The only concern
00:12:53is the people of Ukraine. forced brutally
00:12:57to fight a war, they don't want to fight in by a
00:13:00president, they don't want blastered by
00:13:03propaganda, they don't agree with, and there's
00:13:07nothing they can do about it, but
00:13:09daydream. we must find legal, safe and realistic mechanism
00:13:13that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged democratic process
00:13:17even under the conditions of a prolonged war. this is
00:13:20difficult, we must guarantee the right to vote for our military, for millions of
00:13:24ukrain. abroad and for those
00:13:26in the frontline regions, we must ensure the security the electoral
00:13:30process, the independence of institutions and trust in the
00:13:33results. if Russia could do it, then so could
00:13:37Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
00:13:40Ukraine is the former president, one
00:13:43Zelensky who just doesn't want to
00:13:47leave.
00:13:53Well, it may be the last day of voting. there's still a ways to go
00:13:56before we know who will represent this vast country in parliament for the
00:14:00next five years. the first preliminary results will be available tonight
00:14:04after 9 p.m. moscow time, although the final figures will
00:14:08not be officially confirmed until October 5th. stay tuned
00:14:12here on RT for the latest updates regarding the
00:14:14elections.
00:14:26And as Russia is choosing its future, Ukraine continues to struggle
00:14:30with severe money problems. This time, Vladimir Zelensky has
00:14:34complained to his western allies that Kiev's deficit has reached
00:14:37its peak, and he's now begging for more financial
00:14:40aid. Yesterday, I spoke
00:14:44with the president the European Commission, Ursela Vonder Lion.
00:14:48She and I will meet soon. We are preparing some proposals to address the
00:14:52deficit, the one I was talking about. the astronomic
00:14:56one, we will nonetheless find resolution. I already know
00:14:59that, some things have already agreed upon. Vladimir
00:15:03Zelensky is complaining to his western patrons as he searches for
00:15:07money yet again, astronomic deficit, but he
00:15:11says it can all be resolved. Ukraine is now falling short by
00:15:15some 27 billion US dollars and it has other
00:15:18choice, but to tighten its grip on the state budget, strict
00:15:22austerity measures are in place, they can't. is in survival
00:15:25mode, and of course, the desperate need for foreign aid is
00:15:29obvious, even if it's conditional. the situation with state
00:15:33finances is approaching a critical point. i urge all members of parliament to
00:15:37pass the... necessary bills as soon as possible, as they are crucial for
00:15:40receiving international financial assistance. Ukraine risks
00:15:44losing a significant portion the $29.5 billion dollars in planned
00:15:48international funding. This is critically needed resource for balancing the
00:15:52state budget, funding social programs, and most importantly the needs
00:15:56the defense forces. Funding the conflict for another year doesn't come
00:15:59without tough decisions. With outside funding delayed, the country's
00:16:03economy is in jeopady. This week the screws have been tightened.
00:16:07even more. Starting today in Ukraine, only social
00:16:11spending, salaries for public sector employees and the maintenance the
00:16:15military are being funded. There is very little money left in the budget.
00:16:18In reality, this means cutting off funding for infrastructure
00:16:22projects. Let's take a look within a Ukrainian group of companies
00:16:26after Strada, which normally focuses on the construction and
00:16:29restoration of roads, bridges and metro lines. The
00:16:33conglomerate says all its infrastructure projects across Ukraine have come to...
00:16:37to halt, the reason the government has abruptly cut funding on
00:16:41all capital expenditures. all these programs intended to
00:16:45benefit the general population are now on pores and their
00:16:48resumption is nowhere in sight.
00:16:52today the state without any warnings, any discussion or
00:16:56dialogue stopped funding all capital expenditures on the same
00:16:59day. salaries of entire sectors the economy, interest rates
00:17:03on loans, payments to suppliers. this is definitely the main headache, not
00:17:07the... deputies or the ministry of finance, they have their own business plan
00:17:11and we are simply being presented with the facts. In this regard,
00:17:14Autostrada is forced to stop work on all
00:17:16objects. The suspension these massive state
00:17:20budget allocations is heavy blow and is very likely to
00:17:24cripple critical sectors. The result of this
00:17:28decision will
00:17:28be the cessation of energy protection the implementation of
00:17:32sustainability plans, the completion of started facilities,
00:17:36and accordingly, the sessation of entire sectors the
00:17:39economy, and what about the Ukrainian lawmakers,
00:17:43as the country plunges deeper and deeper into a financial
00:17:46crisis, the Ukrainian parliament is yet again a
00:17:49break, this one to last some 26 days, while
00:17:53Brussel says, no more funding until reforms are carried
00:17:57out. We have already mobilized nearly 15 billion euros
00:18:01for Ukraine this year. More is coming. We discussed the reforms needed in the
00:18:04Rada to unlock further funding and to keep Ukraine. moving forward its path to
00:18:08our union, the EU's lack of eagerness to send more money to
00:18:12Kiev doesn't come as a surprise. Ukraine says the
00:18:15$27 billion dollars it's lacking is due to rising
00:18:19military costs and stored legislation as well as delays in
00:18:23financing from its western bankers, but those explanations have
00:18:27raised questions in the EU. There was a loan that was essentially paid out of
00:18:31pocket by the European countries. They agreed this is going to be two years. We heard the
00:18:34president of Ukraine saying the payments will have to be... accelerated, there's now
00:18:38an open question about upfront uh payments, is that something that you
00:18:42think is justified and do you worry what was budgeted for two
00:18:46years may not last more than year?
00:18:50well, first of all we need to uh find out
00:18:53exactly these additional financing needs and then discuss
00:18:57with authorities how we are financing
00:19:00them, there are still open questions. in
00:19:032027, according to its finance ministry, the total volume.
00:19:07of outlays in the draft state budget of Ukraine will amount to over
00:19:11$163 billion dollars. That
00:19:15surpasses the amended 2026 plan by 19
00:19:19billion US dollars or 13.5%. All while
00:19:23state revenues aren't growing at the same pace and this means the
00:19:26necessity for international support is only expected to
00:19:30increase. The need for international support in 2027
00:19:34will be $52.6 billion dollars. We plan. to attract funds from
00:19:38the European Union, G7 countries through ERA
00:19:41financing, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Great Britain
00:19:45and other international partners. Ukraine has been
00:19:49consistent in running ever growing state budget deficit.
00:19:53The country's economy is being pushed ever closer to the brink of
00:19:56collapse, which is now as evident as ever with crucial
00:20:00civilian infrastructure projects simply being cast
00:20:03aside. A massive defense.
00:20:07deal is on the table between Washington and Riad. The state department
00:20:11has officially approved deal regarding the sale of F-35
00:20:15fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The agreement is valued at over
00:20:19$24 billion dollars and it represents a significant expansion
00:20:23the kingdom's advanced military
00:20:25capabilities. The U.S. Department of State
00:20:29has made determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the
00:20:33Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their purchase of F-35 Lightning 2
00:20:37joint. strike fighter and related equipment. the estimated total cost
00:20:41is $24.3 billion. former
00:20:44US air force lieutenant colonelsky says that the
00:20:48US is selling solution. to a problem that it itself
00:20:52created: first off, you can't conquer a country with air
00:20:55power alone, that is well known, the United States likes to
00:20:59ignore that, because we have what we call air superiority
00:21:03everywhere, we say, can you achieve objectives with the
00:21:06F-35? not really, can you fight um
00:21:10people that are defending their own territory and have
00:21:14uh developed a robust
00:21:17defensive capability? No, no, you
00:21:21can't, we've seen this, I mean we the number of airplanes we've
00:21:24lost uh going up against Iran alone in the
00:21:28past six months has been uh just absolutely shocking now is
00:21:32this something where we create um
00:21:36a problem and then sell the solution of course of course it is that that's the very
00:21:40nature the United States military industrial complex yeah I think
00:21:44we're we're selling them precisely because it benefits America
00:21:48financially um it benefit. it's a military industrial complex here to
00:21:52sell these aircraft, it benefits the United States uh a a few
00:21:56different ways by having interoperable aircraft in Saudi
00:21:59Arabia and um being able to actually see what the Saudis are
00:22:03doing with those aircraft because the F-35 is is really a
00:22:07software driven platform so uh the things that it
00:22:10does, the functions that it has uh we will have insight into how
00:22:14the Saudies are conducting themselves, which is something that we want because we don't trust
00:22:18them, okay and neither does is... so
00:22:22um, this serves America's interest, it really doesn't serve
00:22:25Saudi's interest at all.
00:22:29Concerns are rising over the dangers of AI. Top executives have
00:22:33called for slowdown in model development despite trillions of
00:22:37dollars already being plowed into infrastructure investment. The
00:22:41warnings come amid the rapid growth of cheap Chinese AI
00:22:44models that put the profits of US companies under threat.
00:22:48Art's omema Ishar reports. AI was
00:22:52sold as the technology that is supposed to make life easier,
00:22:55faster and smarter, but now the people racing to build it
00:22:59are suddenly warning us to slow down, that dramatic you turn makes
00:23:03it hard not to look at twice, and some the loudest
00:23:07voices in the AI race are now warning about where this
00:23:10technology could lead. it's it's pretty obvious at this point that
00:23:14AI is can be very
00:23:16dangerous um and i i
00:23:20recommend reading the details the hugging face uh
00:23:23incident uh, it's
00:23:26intense, so you had like
00:23:28a fanatical swarm of AI agents that that beat the crap out of hugging
00:23:32face for a week, yeah and gained admin
00:23:36access on open ai service, so who knows
00:23:40what it what it actually did, may have done things beyond that, i've not looked at that
00:23:43bill more super closely, but i what i would say
00:23:47is that the idea that we need some way
00:23:51to, it's not a panasia, it's not the only thing, but the idea that we
00:23:55need some way to make sure that we
00:23:59can uh uh deactivate or limit or shut down
00:24:03AI models, that's not the only thing, if an AI model
00:24:06is is powerful enough it can circumvent attempts to shut it down, and we've seen that in
00:24:10simulations as well, but so it may not work at all, this concern is no
00:24:14longer confined to silicon valley, it is now reaching the
00:24:18highest levels of American. "this is something that is moving
00:24:22very fast in private hands and if we don't get top of it, I think can be
00:24:25dangerous. If we do get top of it, I do think it's
00:24:29beneficial. So the current worry seems to be that the more
00:24:32powerful these systems become, the harder they are to
00:24:36predict or control, and if simply switching a system
00:24:40off is no longer guaranteed to halt the work, the
00:24:44stakes become even higher, and that fear is now feeding
00:24:47push for more oversight." and even slowing the
00:24:51pace of development. when we talk about pacing, we do not mean
00:24:55stopping. progress has been rapid and will continue to be, but it
00:24:59should be slower than it otherwise could be. interventions like safety
00:25:03cases and monitoring have significant costs.
00:25:06pacing will be well worth this cost. no amount of American
00:25:10competitive pressure should justify recklessness or let
00:25:13capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring. these fears don't
00:25:17end with ceos
00:25:18or politicians. Researchers within the industry have reportedly
00:25:22also walked away warning that the race to build increasingly
00:25:26more powerful AI could eventually produce systems that humans
00:25:30can no longer control, so considering all
00:25:34that, the safety argument sounds convincing, but when Silicon
00:25:37Valley itself starts asking Washington to put the brakes a
00:25:41race worth billions, it's worth looking beyond the safety
00:25:45pitch, and let's ask ourselves who benefits when the race slows
00:25:49down, Vice President JD Vence has an idea: I feel a
00:25:53little bit weird about the fact that you have so
00:25:57many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and
00:26:01begging the government to regulate. It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trogen
00:26:04horse. A Trogen horse is quite the way to put it, because
00:26:08behind all the talk of safety, there may be much more
00:26:12familiar motive at play, and that's money, of course. The AI
00:26:16boom carries a staggering price tag, and the companies lead in it are
00:26:20spending billions before they know whether they can actually
00:26:24make those billions back. Chips, data centers, electricity,
00:26:28computing power, billions and billions poured into
00:26:31building big. and more powerful infrastructure, and the
00:26:35returns are struggling to keep pace. The industry's worst
00:26:38headache in the end may not be the AI is becoming too powerful,
00:26:42it may be that AI is becoming too cheap. Chinese
00:26:46competitors, for example, are putting enormous pressure
00:26:50on the market by offering powerful models a fraction the
00:26:54cost, threatening to make the economics of today's AI
00:26:57frontier look very different, and for lot these
00:27:01companies cheap. AI is not exactly good
00:27:04news. if you're anthropic or you're open AI right now, your biggest
00:27:08threat to your bottom line and your profits are these chinese
00:27:12competitors like deepseek and queen who are
00:27:16blowing out the profitability these frontier AI
00:27:20companies by offering uh competing products
00:27:23at about 95% the capacity at
00:27:261.5% the cost. imagine if
00:27:30your electric bill, uh was reduced from
00:27:33$200 one month down to
00:27:36$2.50 the next. the electricity
00:27:40company would be very upset with that, and so what we should
00:27:43see and the context we should acknowledge is the fact that these
00:27:47companies have veducier responsibility to maximize
00:27:51shareholder profits, and right now their biggest
00:27:54profit threat are these companies like Queen, deepseek,
00:27:58ZAI and the others that are offering competitive products.
00:28:02a fraction the price. These are businesses with
00:28:06investors satisfy enormous costs to cover in billions
00:28:10of dollars riding on the bed that AI will eventually pay
00:28:13off. So yes, AI could pose real risks for
00:28:17ordinary people, concerns that deserve serious attention, but
00:28:21the CEO is now calling for slowdown face another huge
00:28:25risk, sits right alongside the safety debate, the
00:28:29possibility that billions of dollars invested in AI.
00:28:32Simply want delivered the returns they expected, and when
00:28:36billions are on the line,
00:28:38the call to slow down takes a whole new level
00:28:42of complication. Well, that's all for this hour, but make sure to
00:28:45stay with us, we're going to be back with more news here on RT international in just about
00:28:4930 minutes, so see you
00:28:51then.
00:30:39mean in the Philippines or probably in the world as well, during the
00:30:43time when i gave birth at 16, they were judging me so
00:30:47much to point that um they thought that my life
00:30:51would be this, so my family is very supportive, but my
00:30:54parents were initially also a bit scared
00:30:58of my future because i
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